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Grazing Jerseys

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Our work is simple, exacting, and enduring: Every generation our animals become more efficient at turning

sunshine into high-component milk. We’ve been selecting bulls to do this work for more than a decade,

and we stand on the shoulders of those who have been breeding for these traits for decades before us by

starting with foundation stock that were bred to perform without grain. The benefit of prepotent stock is

that you can have in one

generation what has taken

many generations to build.

Each of these bulls was

bred to predictably and

consistently stamp their

progeny with these traits.

Solar-powered butter

isn’t something that

just happens. You work

on your pastures, and

together we up the quality

of the stock that can

convert those plants into

an exceptional product

that distinguishes itself

in a marketplace that no

longer values just fluids.

Our prediction is that in the next decade even conventional markets will pay for things that the big guys are

just starting to pay attention to: cheese-yield, beta-casein and fatty acids. We will not sell a bull or a straw of

semen that isn’t A2A2. Too much is riding on it, including the health of our children.

We are testing and selecting for bulls that only transmit “B’s” in kappa casein and beta lactoglobulin,

which correspond with increased cheese yield. Like beta casein, these two milk proteins are inherited co-

dominantly and take many years to breed into a herd. (Kappa casein is the most important for cheese yield.)

Start now, so when the market develops into milk-protein premiums, your herd is ready.

The fatty-acid profile in milk is directly related to the percentage of the diet that comes from cow-harvested

forage, so we breed for all the attributes that make cows good at their Creator-endowed job: room in the

ribs for rumen, heart and lung capacity; solid feet and good legs; wide muzzles; intelligent heads with good

vision; will and desire to eat and milk; and maternal traits — cows that are good mothers are good milk cows.

Our Philosophy

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The bulls in these pages will breed valuable cows that make nutrient-dense milk and remain in the herd

long enough to hit their prime and stay there. Our bulk tank butterfat is rarely under 5.5 percent, and last

year averaged 6.3 percent. Our protein last year peaked at 5.5 percent and averaged 4.6 percent.

Our cows are milked once a day in the mornings and keep their calves all day long, and the calves are sorted

off at night and eat hay. On test, our cows produce about 5,000 pounds of milk on a 305-day lactation, but

in actuality they probably produce 10,000+ pounds of milk per lactation, as their calves have unfettered

access during daytime hours (nighttime as well, until calves are at least six weeks old) and nurse out the

cows at least 6-8 times per day. Calves weigh about 500 pounds at weaning. Bull calves are weaned at sexual

maturity at around six months, and heifers stay on their dams until dry off.

Our mixed-aged herd is fed daily breaks of fresh pasture, some local alfalfa, as well as certified organic

and transitional balage from Maryland and Pennsylvania, along with some molasses. We are developing

pastures from cut-over timberland with organic matter that started at 0.5 percent. Our cows are regularly

exposed to Kentucky 31 fescue, and we have been breeding for tolerance to endophyte-infected grass. (Ask

us about specific animals who out-perform their herdmates if you are in the fescue belt.)

There’s nothing more beautiful in agriculture

than an animal who shines at what she was

designed to do. It’s where form and function come

together to make excellence.

Together, we are remaking dairying.

Holt Creek Minstrel Dot (left) is 13 years old and the mother of

David-P (p. 6) and Tony, who will be collected this spring.

Holterholm Lt12 Maisie-P is almost 8 years old (and a full-blood-

ed registered Jersey), and the mother of a Beledene Dukes Landy

son, Lt. Landy Victory, who we will also collect this spring.


Mr. BruceUR Branched Oak Kahuna Bruce

born: 4.23.2015

USA173149465 • 120JE3107 • aAa 561423 • A2A2

Stamps his offspring with Beledene Dukes Landy — his

great-grandsire four times. Exceptional cow lines make

up the rest of his pedigree.

His calves are all replicas of each other and well-

represent the late, great NZ grazing bull. He will soften

the edges and strengthen angular dairy cows and allow

their offspring to milk on grass.

Mr. Bruce is the most effective purebred Jersey bull we know of in transmitting grazing traits in a single generation. His offspring

all carry his signature look. He is extraordinarily masculine, and has beautiful, feminine daughters. His dam has the capacity,

strength and desire to milk on grass, and she looks mighty fine doing it. This bull is remarkable for being 50% Beledene Dukes

Landy, with the other 50% of his genetic makeup from four strong, long-living and excellent cow lines. He represents line-

breeding at it’s finest, refinements at each generation while holding on to the exceptional traits of the linebred animal.

He is a rare combination of an easy-fleshing bull who is also strongly dairy. His strengths are a very sturdy front end, well-sprung

ribs, incredible smoothness and wide thurls. He likely won’t widen hips nor lower pins, however, or contribute to openness for

the udder, but nor is he likely to worsen these traits if not already lacking in the cow. His mother has a near-flawless udder. Mr.

Bruce’s primary use is on cows that need width up front and the ability to convert sunlight through grass into quantities of high-

component milk, while retaining body condition — and for those traits he has no peer.

SEMEN AVAILABLE

ISNZ BELEDENE DUKES LANDY

JENZL000000302702 UR HOLT CREEK LANDY CAPTAIN KIRK

HOLT CREEK BLISTER {1} JEUSA000116860587

JEUSA000116860578 UR HOLT CREEK KAHUNA

ISNZ BELEDENE DUKES LANDY JEUSA000118201645

JENZL000000302702 HOLT CREEK KALONA LANDY {1}

UR UNKNOWN JERSEY DAM JEUSA000116860523

JEUSA00099PJD1002 UR BRANCHED OAK KAHUNA BRUCE


JENZL000000302702 IMPERIAL FERN LANDY

IMPERIAL FERN-ET JEUSA000116195795

JEUSA000110841746 BRANCHED OAK POLKA


JENZL000000302702 BRUNS LANDY DOTTY 710

BRUNS BERRETTA PAT JEUSA000119242768

JEUSA000110799450

Andy-P

Mr Bruce son, aAa 23410 units remaining, $25/straw


Lorin-PReverence Procyon Lorin {5}-P

born: 11.12.15

USA173256217• 120JE3084 • aAa: 3514 • A2A2

AB/AB kappa-casein/beta-lactoglobulin

Lorin is one of my favorite bulls, out of a cow so beloved

that she is retiring on the farm at 13 after having 10

calves. His sire’s daughters were so popular at Holt Creek

Jerseys in Nebraska that the farm didn’t have any left,

because every time someone came to buy heifers, they

choose his first.

His dam is a beautifully uddered cow from the North Coast group in Ohio, where longevity, feet and legs and fertility were

selected so strictly that the only way a bull could be in the program was if a cow had a calf every year for 10 years, and never had

a problem of any kind.

His sire is line-bred to ISNZ Williams Minstrel, the grandsire on both sides of his pedigree. Minstrel was a son of the late, great

ISNZ Van Der Fits Fjord, who holds the record for the most daughters in New Zealand, several decades after his death.

Lorin will pass to his daughters excellent feet, good udder confirmation, openness in the rear for good reproductive health and

carrying capacity. He is both strongly dairy and easy-keeping, making for solar-efficient milking daughters who breed back, walk

to the barn and carry out all the tasks of being a dairy cow with beauty and grace, and likable to boot.

ISNZ WILLIAMS MINSTREL

JENZL000000300011 THE BALLADEER OF HOLT CREEK

HOLT CREEK BAXTER BITSY 221 JEUSA000115942880

JEUSA000115021866 HOLT CREEK PROCYON {4}

ISNZ WILLIAMS MINSTREL JEUSA000117962134

JENZL000000300011 HOLT CREEK MINSTREL PROVO {3}

HOLT CREEK CLARION 119 {2} JEUSA000115110063

JEUSA000115021857 REVERENCE PROCYON LORIN {5}-P

JPR SUNARCHUS-P JEUSA000173111260

JEUSA000111282511 ELANELS SUN POWER-PP

ELANEL TYNGS CARLA TULIP-P JEUSA000113127726

JEUSA000003918902 ALANLIN SP SNUGGLE LOLLY-P

ELANEL POWER PACKAGE-P JEUSA000115864364

JEUSA000111031683 ELANEL PP FAIRY SNUGGLE-P

ELANEL PRECED NORMA FAIRY-P JEUSA000114289003

JEUSA000004017390

SEMEN AVAILABLE


SeamusUR Reverence Alvin Seamus-P

born: 5.12.2017

USA173261938 • 120JE3187 • aAa: 3154 • A2A2

This bull throws dairy, sturdiness and strength all

wrapped up together in a beautiful package. His dam

was a stunning 93-point cow who produced until she

was 10 years old. If you want strength for the future but

still need milk volume now, Seamus is for you.

Seamus’ dam was a Landy daughter, and her mother

was a daughter of Fjord — who still holds the record for

the most daughters of any bull to ever come out of NZ —

with excellence in every single ancestor on her pedigree.

SEMEN AVAILABLE

This bull contributes a whole lot of sturdiness without compromising on dairy traits. His well-sprung ribs and heart-girth will

put strength and grazing capacity into your next generation, improving feet and legs in the process. His dam had a perfectly

proportioned, well-attached, supple, elastic udder at 11 years old. She scored a 93 by the AJCA’s type analysis, and was a near-

perfect dairy cow who also happened to be exceptionally proportioned for grazing.

Seamus had an intelligent face from birth, and stood out from his herdmates early on. So did his sire, who demonstrated strong

masculinity before he was even a few weeks old (and who is also distantly line-bred to Fjord). This bull is a composite of the best

bulls to come out of New Zealand in the past few decades, along with outstanding cow lines selected for the things farmers care

about: longevity, fertility, productivity and rigor. Seamus will make you wonder why you ever tolerated genetics not in line with

how you want to farm.

UR REVERENCE SEDALIA LANDY DUKESIII

JEUSA000173158612 UR REVERENCE DUKESIII ALEC

CHC CHEERS JOY OMEGA AZALEA {6} JEUSA000173254149

JEUSA000173254091 UR REVERENCE ALEC ALVIN-P

JX BRANCHED OAK BALLADEER BRUNO {4}-P JEUSA000173256235

JEUSA000067061539 JX REVERENCE BRUNO ANITA {5}-P


JEUSA000173254091 UR REVERENCE ALVIN SEAMUS-P

LAMORA ROZ DUKE JEUSA000173256365

JENZL000000064647 ISNZ BELEDENE DUKES LANDY

BELEDENE NOBLE LYDIA JENZL000000302702

JENZLBHKJ19850083 HOLTERHOLM LANDY SHINA

ISNZ PARKWOOD CASPER JEUSA000115435621

JENZL000000094446 HOLTERHOLM CASPER SILVER

HOLTERHOLM FJORD SILVIA JEUSA000111907979

JEUSA000110929561


David - PUR REVERENCE BECKER DAVID-P

born: 6.22.2016

173262461 • 120JE3228 • aAa: early’19 • A2A2 milk proteins: testing pending

David brings longevity, grazing ability, sound feet and

legs, udder confirmation and fertility to your herd.

His dam, now 13 years old (p.3; shown younger, above

left), has never had a foot problem of any kind, and his

sire’s dam (right) also has excellent feet. Both cows also

have tremendous rumen capacity and David is likely to

reliably pass along this vital grazing trait to his offspring.

This bull’s dam is one of the last living granddaughters of a New Zealand bull (Van der Fits Fjord) that made an incredible mark

on dairy in that country and still holds the record for the most daughters (100,000), indicating that farmers decided to continue to

breed to him after they were milking some of his daughters. David is line-bred to this bull on his sire’s side, as well, through

The Balladeer of Holt Creek (a Fjord grandson). David’s paternal great- and great-great grandmothers produced until they were

each 12 years old.

David will deliver a mix of dairy and grazing traits, and a blend of angularity and fleshing ability that will make his daughters

good graziers and good milkers. Fertility is a pronounced trait in both of his parents. At 12 years old, his dam got bred via artificial

insemination in the peak of North Carolina’s hot and humid summer when many cows much younger than her didn’t take,

presumably because of the heat. His sire bred half of our herd several years ago (confirmed by parentage analysis), even though

he was the youngest (and smallest) of three bulls.

If you are looking for functionality over flashiness, David is your bull. Like his sire (Becker, p.5), David is highly fertile and

produces a lot at each collection. We pass that savings on to you.

SEMEN AVAILABLE




JEUSA000173254091 UR REVERENCE ALEC BECKER-P


JEUSA000067061539 JX REVERENCE BRUNO ANNABELLE {5}-P

CHC SAMBO AUDREY {5} JEUSA000173254055

JEUSA000173235632 UR REVERENCE BECKER DAVID-P

ISNZ VAN DER FITS FJORD GR JEUSA000173262461

JEUSA000110129297 ISNZ WILLIAMS MINSTREL

NZL WILLIAMS ADS MINSTRELL JENZL000000300011

JENZLCLRL19970132 HOLT CREEK MINSTREL DOT

HOLT CREEK BLACKTOP BLISTER JEUSA000116860541

JEUSA000114591924 HOLT CREEK BLACKTOP DODI

HOLT CREEK BERRETTA DEBI JEUSA000115008337

JEUSA000110352310

photo credit: Holt Creek Jerseys


FrankUR Reverence Becker Frank-P

born: 2.18.2017

USA173261938 • 120JE3189 • aAa: 2341 • A2A2

This bull is structurally correct and balanced in every

way. His thurl is centrally placed. His daughters will

be fertile, milk well with high components and have

excellent feet. He has a functional head and

intelligent countenance, and both he and his dam are

easy to manage.

Frank will add openness, strength and functional height to your cows, which doesn’t mean they will be tall — but they will have

high and tight udders. His dam is only 45” and his sire is also a small-framed animal. His daughters will likely have a high, elastic

udders that stay clean and well-attached. He will also contribute plenty of openness for capacity in the udder, as well as pelvic

width for easy calving.

Frank has near perfect feet and legs and lots of openness in the chest for respiratory and circulatory health — his daughters are

going to be able to walk to the barn, every day, for the duration of their long, productive lives. His dam weighs about 850# but

milks like her 1100# herdmates. Both his dam and his sire are exceptionally fertile animals, so Frank is likely to add fertility to

your herd, making it easier to reproduce more of what you want.

SEMEN AVAILABLE




JEUSA000173254091 UR REVERENCE ALEC BECKER-P


JEUSA000067061539 JX REVERENCE BRUNO ANNABELLE {5}-P

CHC SAMBO AUDREY {5} JEUSA000173254055

JEUSA000173235632 UR REVERENCE BECKER FRANK-P

THE BALLADEER OF HOLT CREEK JEUSA000173261938

JEUSA000115942880 JX BRANCHED OAK BALLADEER BRUNO {4}-P

JX BRANDED OAK BRUNHILD {3}-P JEUSA000067061539

JEUSA000067012462 JX REVERENCE BRUNO GLIMMER {3}-P

FOREST GLEN AVERY ACTION-ET JEUSA000173233742

JEUSA000111023978 CHC ACTION GRACIE {2}

CHC HEARTS GREELEY {1} JEUSA000173130713

JEUSA000119960950


Mr. ConnorUR REVERENCE MONTANA MR CONNOR

born: 9.18.2015

173233630 • 107JE1545 • aAa 645213 • A2A2

milk proteins: AB/AA

Mr Connor (shown above at 2.5 years old) is an

impressive bull out of impressive parents. His dam was

a milk wagon who had tremendous amount of strength,

heart-girth and rumen capacity, excellent feet and

dependable fertility. His sire (shown above at 7 years

old) added to her strength an ability to keep condition

on grass, without compromising milking ability — his

paternal grand-dam was also a milk wagon.

Mr Connor (named after Suzanne’s brother) is currently the herd sire at an all-grass dairy in Wisconsin. In the first 15 days on

that farm, he successfully bred 25 cows, starting the day he got off the truck from NC. Everyone who has seen him has been

impressed by his looks, disposition and overall soundness.

This is the bull we are most excited to be using this year. Despite the fact that Mr Connor has neither polled genetics nor the

milk protein traits we are after, we are still using him extensively on any of our females who need strength, fleshing ability and

straighter backs and better foot strike, as he is so strong in these traits that we are confident he can reliably transmit them to his

offspring. (“A’s” for milk proteins correspond to increased milk production and decreased cheese yield.)

Mr. Connor has legs and feet that can function for many years, and the consistency in this and other desirable traits in his

breeding mean that he will stamp his excellence and strength onto his offspring. He has a great head, marked intelligence,

structural soundness, and the entirety of his form is well-blended and balanced. He is an even-tempered and easily managed bull

at maturity, and we waited to breed a handful of cows last season until his straws arrived from Wisconsin.

SEMEN AVAILABLE

ISNZ BELEDENE DUKES LANDY

JENZL000000302702 IMPERIAL FERN LANDY

IMPERIAL FERN-ET JEUSA000116195795

JEUSA000110841746 UR HOLT CREEK MONTANA


JENZL000000302702 HOLT CREEK LANDY MONA 702 {2}

HOLT CREEK DUSTY {1} JEUSA000116860617

JEUSA000116860608 UR REVERENCE MONTANA MR CONNOR

ROCK ELLA PERIMITER-ET JEUSA000173233630

JECAN000000139475 SUNSET CANYON RP MILITIA-ET

TENN HAUG E MAID JEUSA000111953541

JEUSA000003775503 ASPEN GROVE MILITIA DORA-ET

AHLEM BERRETTA ROGUE {6} JEUSA000067018280

JEUSA000000663768 LONG DISTANCE ROGUE DAISY-ET

SV SHENVAL ALF DIXIE JEUSA000112194363

JEUSA000003923935


We do not dilute our semen straws with fillers or extenders, so you are getting a lot more swimmers

to do the job, in addition to the quality of the semen itself. Semen is in .5cc straws. Our bulls will breed

replacements that out-perform their dams. If you are not happy, we aren’t; and we will make it right.

Bulls are shipped from North Carolina in a private compartment by professional haulers or delivered by

Suzanne and Hue. Semen is available for pickup in Lancaster Co., Pa., or shipped from the same location.

Please contact us for a shipping quote to your area. Email, call or text to order, or with questions. We are

passionate about Jersey cows and want to help you breed for what you want.

Transparency is our trademark.


Only with optimal nutrition can a bull express and transmit his genetic potential. The only truly sound

food for a calf is whole milk straight out of a cow, ideally his own dam. This is how we raise all of our

replacement heifers, and the bulls are no exception.

Our bulls are raised by their own mothers for 6 months. (In prior years, we had a nurse herd and some of

the bulls on the preceding pages were raised by adoptive dams and got milk for 10 months.) During those

formative months, our cows show the boys who is boss. As adolescents, the bulls go into a mature bull herd

where the hierarchy is very clear.

This program is of at least two benefits to you. First, our bulls are potent and fertile as a result of their

superior (truly, just biologically normal) endocrine and hormone function. Secondly, our bulls are

temperamentally sound, and we guarantee them to be such (so long as they are not tamed after they

leave our farm; tame bulls are dangerous). We expect our bulls to reliably perform without fuss, and to be

managed easily, albeit with due respect for their capabilities.

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Reverence Farms, Saxapahaw, NC


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